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Very funny! I too am pacing the floor. I was quite emotional driving home from taking my kids to school this morning, seeing all the folks on the street corners with their signs in support of various candidates and initiatives.

You know...if they can do gallup polls leading up to the election, could they not just give us some tidbits? I don't even care if it's total lies! The polling number vortex is killing me! 7 p.m. cannot come soon enough.

I like the picture too, although the activity is "curious". I'm not sure why the gamekeeper would be offering turnip to the squire. For that reason alone it's interesting. But not GBP20-30k interesting. Unless I was very rich, which sadly these last few weeks has not rendered me, so the trifles one once enjoyed will have to be allowed to slip away.

Wild parsnip causes phytophotodermatitis and must be handled with full-body protection. If your skin is exposed to wild parsnip you must go inside within the next 10 minutes and stay there for 6-8 hours. Skin will not be affected by artificial light.

When picking wild vegetables it is easy to mistake poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) for parsnip with deadly results. All parts of this hemlock are poisonous: leaves, stem, roots, and fruit. Poison hemlock contains volatile alkaloids that have been used as poisons since ancient times. The best way to differentiate it from parsnip are purple streaks and blotches on a smooth hairless stem. Other ways include the small wispy flowers and fernlike leaves which vary slightly from those on the parsnip.